The Countdown

So I have how many days left? Oh man. Four. And a few concentration pieces to go and photos to take. But I'm really excited because I think I can get my first piece done tomorrow! Initially I wanted to do a chaotic scene of the Alice in Wonderland tea party with the tablecloth being pulled off and the tea set flying around. But then I thought it would be a lot easier, and different, to do a picture of a little girl having tea with her stuffed animals. I had my neighbor Isabelle come over and model for me with my old rabbit and bear, who, thanks to the old WOA project, had a top hat to wear. Above is the shot I'm using. Again, I started out thinking I would do this in pastel and make it fairly realistic, but then I started getting really lose and the picture became more cartoony. I really liked breaking the image down, and I thought the style would fit the content, which is why I intend to animate the photo and then do watercolors over top. I've never worked with water colors, but I'm really excited although it may be a struggle!

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Winta Breakkkk

I love the snow. And making breakfast food all the time, like pancakes, waffles and french toast. Mmhhhmmm. For some reason the holidays remind me of breakfast. But they also remind me of why I love December. NO SCHOOL!!! No school means Hot Cocoa, Elf and Christmas Tree shopping? Does this really make sense? No, but what I am trying to get at is that although I am so excited for the holidays, I also realize I need to get cracking on all of the holiday projects. LIKE the 100 photos... I definitely went to Portland this Saturday in hopes of getting some good photos. I'm not sure how to go about taking them, whether I should plan out a group of photos I want to take for each category, or just take a bunch of them at once w/ the elements and principles of art in mind and go from there. I know what I'm not going to do.... WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. Unfortunately the photos I did get this weekend were few in number BECAUSE my camera is poopy. GET THIS. I saw a bride and groom walking by, hand in hand, looking AWESOME and of course my camera refused to focus/work. Boo. These are some of the pictures I have so far...Note the last one is the epic fail